Erik is a baseball fan who has been attending baseball games and snagging baseballs regularly since 2008.

7-21-10 PNC Park

The weather looked a bit questionable earlier in the day, with the hourly forecast calling for a 60% chance of thunderstorms at 5 and 6PM. Luckily, it didn’t happen, and batting practice was on.

After getting shut out during the first Pirates’ group, I got a Ronny Cedeno HR ball that sailed over my head and bounced into the general admission bleachers.I eventually found the ball after a short search in about the fifth row up.

My second ball was a home run snagged off the bat of Lastings Milledge. It was a line drive right at me that I caught in the air.

In his next round in the cage, Milledge sent another shot to left field which I also caught on the fly here:STATISTICS:Game: 8 balls (7 hit, 1 found)Season: 312 balls (167 hit, 70 thrown, 31 device, 44 found)Games: 48 gamesAverage: 6.50 balls per game2010 Game Balls: 3Career: 890 ballsStreak: 144 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.Attendance: 13,532

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I love the “No Poopy Pants” sweet spot … so bizarre! The two balls on the left side of the bottom row in your first photo look to be in pretty good condition. Cool post, as always.http://torontoblogjays.mlblogs.com/

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